nusa

See also: nūsa and nuša

Balinese

Romanization

nusa

  1. Romanization of ᬦᬸᬲ

Chiquihuitlán Mazatec

Noun

nusa

  1. sweet potato

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nusa, from Proto-Malayic *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnusa]
  • Hyphenation: nu‧sa

Noun

nusa (first-person possessive nusaku, second-person possessive nusamu, third-person possessive nusanya)

  1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Synonyms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

nusa

  1. Romanization of ꦤꦸꦱ (“island”)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa.

Pronunciation

Noun

nusa (Jawi spelling نوسا‎, plural nusa-nusa, informal 1st possessive nusaku, 2nd possessive nusamu, 3rd possessive nusanya)

  1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Synonyms

Further reading

Nupe

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nũ̄.sā/

Noun

nusa (plural nusazhì)

  1. elder
    Synonym: jìgbán
    Antonym: egi
  2. old age

Derived terms
  • jin nusa (“to be old”)

Sangir

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa.

Noun

nusa

  1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa.

Noun

nusa

  1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-nusa (infinitive kunusa)

  1. to sniff

Conjugation
Conjugation of -nusa
Positive present -nanusa
Subjunctive -nuse
Negative -nusi
Imperative singular nusa
Infinitives
Positive kunusa
Negative kutonusa
Imperatives
Singular nusa
Plural nuseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunusa
Positive past positive subject concord + -linusa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kunusa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanusa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninanusa/nanusa tunanusa
2nd person unanusa mnanusa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananusa wananusa
other classes positive subject concord + -nanusa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nusi)
Singular Plural
1st person sinusi hatunusi
2nd person hunusi hamnusi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanusi hawanusi
other classes negative subject concord + -nusi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanusa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tanusa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nuse)
Singular Plural
1st person ninuse tunuse
2nd person unuse mnuse
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anuse wanuse
other classes positive subject concord + -nuse
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinuse
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenusa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenusa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinusa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinusa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anusa)
Singular Plural
1st person nanusa twanusa
2nd person wanusa mwanusa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anusa wanusa
m-mi(III/IV) wanusa yanusa
ji-ma(V/VI) lanusa yanusa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanusa vyanusa
n(IX/X) yanusa zanusa
u(XI) wanusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwanusa
pa(XVI) panusa
mu(XVIII) mwanusa
Perfect positive subject concord + -menusa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshanusa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -janusa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kinusa
"If not" positive subject concord + -siponusa
Consecutive kanusa / positive subject concord + -kanusa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanuse
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -ninusa -tunusa
2nd person -kunusa -wanusa/-kunuseni/-wanuseni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnusa -wanusa
m-mi(III/IV) -unusa -inusa
ji-ma(V/VI) -linusa -yanusa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinusa -vinusa
n(IX/X) -inusa -zinusa
u(XI) -unusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kunusa
pa(XVI) -panusa
mu(XVIII) -munusa
Reflexive -jinusa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nusa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -nusaye -nusao
m-mi(III/IV) -nusao -nusayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -nusalo -nusayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nusacho -nusavyo
n(IX/X) -nusayo -nusazo
u(XI) -nusao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -nusako
pa(XVI) -nusapo
mu(XVIII) -nusamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nusa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yenusa -onusa
m-mi(III/IV) -onusa -yonusa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lonusa -yonusa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonusa -vyonusa
n(IX/X) -yonusa -zonusa
u(XI) -onusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -konusa
pa(XVI) -ponusa
mu(XVIII) -monusa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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